leaf_thickness

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• Label: Leaf thickness
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011215
• Type: numeric
• Definition: The thickness [PATO:0000915] of the leaf lamina [PO:0020039], measured away from the midrib [PO:0020139].;Thickness of the leaf lamina, generally measured away from the midrib.
• Additional comments: Leaf thickness measurements submitted from the ecological literature will generally avoid the midrib, but not avoid lower order leaf veins. In contrast, leaf thickness measurements from the taxonomic literature will usually include any veins or midribs, because in this literature leaf thickness is generally measured on succulent plants. The `methods` field should document whether the midrib was explicitly included, excluded, or ignored.
• units: mm
• allowable range: 0.01 - 51 mm

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011215) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 6,370 records. This includes:

• data for 1,090 species.
• data for 126 families.
• data from 38 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)